Recruiting Trail

There have been a few developments in Carolina football and basketball recruiting over the past week, so I figured I'd chronicle them here.

Basketball:  

Marcus Paige, the #5 rated PG in class of 2012 committed to North Carolina.  Paige was deciding between Carolina, Kansas, and Iowa, and chose the Tar Heels a few weeks after being offered by Roy Williams.  Paige is a good friend of JP Tokoto, another Carolina recruit out of Wisconsin, and it looks like Paige's decision may speed up Tokoto's decision process.  

Desmond Hubert, a center out of New Egypt, NJ, has received a scholarship offer for the 2011 season.  Hubert, at 6'9 and 200 lbs, is the 13th rated center in the '11 class.  Hubert would add some depth to the Carolina frontcourt next season, especially if John Henson decides to move on to the NBA.  He would be a good get, as he also has offers from Maryland and Villanova.  He recently stated that he's narrowed his list to Maryland and Carolina, and let's hope he choses Chapel Hill

Football:

With less than two week until National Signing Day, Carolina is looking to add to it's 15th rated recruiting class.  The big fish still floating around for Carolina are Savon Huggins, and running back out of New Jersey, and Curtis Grant, a linebacker out of Virginia.

Huggins is the 4th rated RB in the 2011class, and is rated as the #23 overall prospect.  It basically comes down to Rutgers and Carolina, with many experts picking Huggins to apply his trade in Chapel Hill.  Butch Davis also just had an in-home visit with Huggins, and he and his father stated that the visit went well.  Savon would be a huge pick up, and would probably move Carolina into a top-10 spot of overall recruiting classes.  He would also become the feature back that Carolina hasn't had since the days of Jonathan Linton and Leon Johnson.  Keep in mind, Carolina hasn't had a 1,000 yard rusher since Linton accomplished the feat in 1997.

Grant is the #1 outside linebacker in his class, and the #19 overall recruit.  Grant is an incredible prospect at 6'3 and 210 lbs, and is deciding between Carolina, Ohio State, and Florida.  The experts believe that it's between OSU and UF, but rumors circling have mentioned Carolina as the darkhorse in the race for his signature.  If Grant decides to pick Carolina, he'll be joining a great corps of freshman linebackers, with Travis Hughes (5-star), Norkeithus Otis (4-star), and Christian Russell (3-star) already committed.  

Having Grant and Huggins commit, which I would be happy with either, will certainly move Carolina up the overall recruiting rankings.  Nabbing both would certainly move Carolina into the top 10, and possibly closer to top five.